China Power comes to life on the firmware front too as an all new ICS build for the Samsung Galaxy Note i9220 / N7000 has arrived and in the due course of this article we will check out the same. Please note that just in case if you are on the rooted firmware, then after applying this update the phone will be un rooted and the best part is you can reclaim the lost warranty. Please note that this update of ICS is still under testing and not yet officially rolled out by Samsung Electronics. This update is dubbed as ZCPL1 firmware. Please note that this can also be applied to the Galaxy Note N7000 smartphone.
Disclaimer: At Android Advices, we have made sure in all respects that all the information regarding the firmware update is mentioned correctly in this article. We hold no responsibility in any manner just in case if any damage happens to your Samsung Galaxy Note i9220 which is a very unlikely event if you follow the instructions carefully.
Rooting Information:
- Applying this update won’t root the device in any manner, so you will not lose the warranty which is the case if you root the phone.
- Just in case if you have already rooted the Galaxy note N7000 then after applying this update the rooting access will be revoked and you can claim back the lost warranty.
Since after applying this update the rooting access will be revoked, we will soon come up with the rooting article to root your Galaxy Note powered by ICS Android 4.0 firmware.
Before you proceed there are some pre requisites you need to follow which we have mentioned below,
Pre Requisites:
- Backup all the crucial data which you wanted with the help of below mentioned steps as in the due course of the update there is a possibility that the data may get lost or corrupted.
SMS – Use “SMS Backup & Restore app”,
Contacts – Sync with the Gmail application,
Call Log – Call Log and Restore
Songs, Videos, Files – Copy to internal / External SD Card,
APN and MMS Settings – Note down from the path “Applications > Settings > Wireless and Network > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names”
- Up next you need to ensure that the phone is left with the minimum of 60% so as to ensure that the device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of firmware update.
- Disable all the Security suites as well as the Firewall tools in your computer as these tools tend to interrupt the process of firmware update.
- Assuming that you have followed all the above mentioned instructions, you can now proceed to the next page where we have summed up the detailed instructions on how to apply this firmware update.
